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We own a 1975 GMC Sierra Grande 15 in Maine and a 1986 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 10 in West Texas. Also a pair of 1997 Volvo 850 wagons. Average age in the fleet is 28 years--we're recycling. I've published 3 novels: THE LAW OF DREAMS (2006), THE O'BRIENS (2012), and CARRY ME (2016). Also 2 short story collections: NIGHT DRIVING(1987) and TRAVELLING LIGHT (2013). More of my literary life is at www.peterbehrens.org I was a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study for 2012-13. I'm an adjunct professor at Colorado College and in the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte. In 2015-16 I was a Fellow at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The Autoliterate office is in Car Talk Plaza in Harvard Square, 2 floors above Dewey Cheatem & Howe. SUBSCRIBE TO THE AUTOLITERATE DAILY EMAIL by hitting the button to the right.

Sunday, November 10, 2013

The Speed Shop in Strong City

I went back to Chase County, Kansas to revisit my favorite speed shop, S.E. Schroer & Co, in downtown Strong City,  heart of the Flint Hills. The Plymouth and the 5-window roadster were featured in a post last week. This week I heard them fire up and saw Señor Schroer hurtling around town in the roadster, which is a speed machine. He is a man with a powerful aesthetic, which you see in his cars and in his shop, where there are some intriguing works-in-progress. 
Man, I wish I was driving the Plymouth back to Maine...




the handle looks it it out to bring the jet thrusters on-line, but it's a reverse lock-out.































Posted by autoliterate at 9:33 PM

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  1. otterrickyDecember 25, 2019 at 8:55 AM

    The Speed Shop is a pure piece of true Americana! The owner is right out of the film "Two Lane Blacktop"....cool guy, cool place!

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